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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 19m.

1,308,832. A Patent-Gumy s, 1919.

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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED sPT.23. I9I8.

Pmted July 8, 1919.

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.moesen y Application ldseptemher 23,1913. serialnofassca '/'To allwwmifmay concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S'. nsriiucn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, jin`-the"fcoufnty of Scioto and yState. fof Ohio, `"have zi-ni'rentedfa new and 'use'- inl"lidfecliani'c'alv Movement, of which 'the following 'is `a,spe `zificatioi11-.

"n 'February '19, A1918, a patent nunrbered 1,257,064 was grantedtofmeifor sundry im- 'provements in fan automatic gearyshift control. The Js'tziue'tiire patented contains a Slide mounted @for right-line 1reciprojcation, and this 'present application has for its object, fthe provi-sion of a simplified -mea-nsfr -i'ml:l'narting rightllinefmovementfto the slide.

Withimthe'scope-'of 'whatisjclaifrned, ame- Ichanic may makechangsintheldevicefhereinafter described, without departing; Trein the spirit oi'f'lthe invention o'r placing its vutil-ity in jeopardy. `v In the4 drawings :#Figure 1'is1'a 'top 'plan ehewingythefeliue at `eneiend 1O'ffitssupporting Eframe; 1T-tg. 125 is a fplanwherein Ithe 'slide -islshown fin an intermediate position", `Fig. 3-is a pian'wherein'the slidehas been moved t@ .theeppoeaeener,ef-ehe name ere-m :that

jshow'fn in'- Fig. 1`; Fig, 4f is fa longitudinal seetienfwhefein pensare broken away; Fig. 5 isa cross section o'nI thefline '5-"5 l'of Fig. 2;; fIPg.A eis e' ragment'al; 'perspective showing E`apartfofthe'slidei; 7 isa` diagram alluded to in explaining the` operation of 'the device. Y

A `slide 9, whiehkee eemposiftefstmcture, fis

menntedffeiyiiglie-line neei-pr'ecatonfbetween 'thebarsf 4 th'elslide including' a iplatelike body 120' h'avin'g'a longitudinal web 11 provided'withlagroeve receiving the rib 8, the body having a guideway 16 4receiving the bar 3, the slide 9 'thus being mounted on the frame 1 for reciprecation iria straight line. The body 10 has atransverse passage i4ff-adapted to register with noten? 15e` in the rib 8 for the reception of a part (not shown) actuated by the slide, the said part constituting no portion of the present improvement over the patented structure hereinbefore mentioned. The body 10 of the slide 9 has notches 17 perrnttin the slide `to have a maximum movement t e notches 17 being adapted to receive t e spacers 6 :Specification of 'Letter's-Patent.`

MECANICAL MOVEMENT.

Patented July 8, 1919.

'Which/,lie 'between the bars 3 and 4;. when the f'slide is reciprocated.

P-lle body 10 of the rslide f) is supplied 'with a'transverse groove 18i`ncludii1g a wall 4or abutment 1 9 dis-posed at right angles to `the vduter 'surface of the body, and a `Wall 120,op'pos'ite, to 'the abti'tment 19 and slaiit'ing longitudinally ofl the" body. The wal1"20 'and' the abutment 119 are located at one cnd off the groove 18, and at the other end of tlie groove there is a similar abutment 21 'and a fslantingf Wall 22, it being observed, however,that the walls 22' and 20 slant in opposite directions, 'longitudinally of the body. An vinner plate 23 is applied to one edgefofthe 'bo-dy 10 and has 'a seat 4or notch 24 coinciding with the groove 18, the edge of'the-plate23 extending as shown at 50 in Fig. 6; beyond theA slanting wall 22. An outer pla-'te 25 abuts' against the plate 23 andeideicls y'across theseat 24. A similar outer 'plate 28;, and an inner plate26 are `disposedat the outer end of 'that portion of the gro'fovev 1'8 which is formed by the abutment' 1'9 andthe slanfting wall 20. The numeial -51' denotes` the part of the plate 26 which corresponds to the part 50 of the plate 23'. The 4plates 26, 28, 23 and 25 are heid onl Athe edges of the body 10 of the slide 9 by means-'of securing devices Af swinging member* 30 fis located between thebarsB and 4 and caajries a pivot element received in openings 32 in tflfiebarsr 3t and 4. lie openings 32 'are elongated transversely of the vbars 3 and 4, and, consequently, the member 30y 'cannot only swing with the pivot 'element as a fulcrum, but, as well, may have a slight enidwise movement transverse-ly of' the bars 3 and 4. There are" casings `33 on the member 30, wherein latch-'es 34 and 35 slide,tlie latches being advanced by compression springs in thecasings. Thel latch 34 coperateswith the slanting wall -22 `and the abutment 21, whereas the latch .35 `coperates with vthe slanting wall and the abutment 19.

The means for aetuatin the Vswing memlierv embodies a stud 3 on said member and an actuatin rod 38 having a slot 42 located in the ro and in an offset 41 thereon.

.A retainer is mounted in one end of the rod 38, the retainer being designated by the numeral 39, and there being a compression sprin about the rod, the spring engaging tiie retainer and the adjacent end member 2 ofthe frame 1. The rod 38 is mounted to slide endwise in the portions 2 of the frame. j

Let it be supposed that, as shown in Fig. 1, the slide 9 is at the left end of the vframe 1, the latch 35 resting on the bodyV 10 of the slide under the action of one spring 36,

and theVV latch 34 being projected into the' groove 18 under the action y of the other spring 36.V The rod 38 is drawn tothe left, the spring 40 is compressed, the slot 42 in the rod coacts with the stud 37 0f the slide 79 and the member 30 swings as shown by the arrows A and B in Fig. 7. The latch Vslide 9 to the right.

34 engages the abutment 21 and moves the The latch 34 enters-l the seat 24, and because the distance from the plate 28, the latch thus beingpre-V Vvented from engaging the seat 27, and ultimatelypriding upon the surface of the body 10 of the slide 9. The parts are shown thus in Fig. 3, wherein the slide 9 has been moved to 'the' right at the end of what may be called the rst stroke of thermember 30.

'The pin and slot mounting. 31-432V for the member -30 permits it tohave an en dwise movement as' above mentioned. Note that ythe latch 34 has moved out of the ,Seat24 at the end of the first stroke. f

The second stroke of the member 30 is caused by the action of the spring 40; the rod 38 having been released, the ymember 30 moving in the direction ofthe arrows C and D of Fig. 7.- `During the second stroke, the latch 35 rides up the slanting Y wall 22,`upon the surface of the body 10 of the slide 9, and the latch 35 enters the groove-18 and coperates with the abutment 19. Observe the dotted line yposition of the member 30 in Fig. 3. i

On the third stroke, the member 30 moves again in the direction of the arrows A and B, the latch 35 sliding the vsaid memberto the left, and the latch 34 ridingV acrossthe parts 50 and 25, free of the seat 24,'as hereinbefore'eXplained in connectionwith the latch 35, the parts 51 andv28 and the seat 27,` During theth-irdstroke, the operator manipulates the rod 38 and compresses the spring 40.

During the fourth stroke, the member 30 swings as indicated by the arrows C and D into the solid line position of Fig. 1, the latch 34 engaging behind the abutment 21, and the latch 35 resting on the part 10, the cycle thus being` completed. The fourth stroke is made under the impulse of the spring 40, which was compressed on the third stroke.

Iclaim:

1. In a device ofthe,y class describedfa frame; a slide mounted for right-line reciprocation on the frame and provided with a groove having oppositely slanting walls adjacent its ends4 and supplied with yabutments disposedY opposite to Ythe slanting walls; al lswinging member.;l latches.car.

ried byV the swinging member and coperating with ,the walls, with the abutments, and with the ends of the groove; and-means for mounting said member on the frame pivotallyfor swinging movement, and for endwise movement when either-latch cop` crates with the corresponding end of the groove.V j L 2. In a device lof. the class described,'a frame; a slide mountedv for rightlinejreclprocation on the frameand providediwith a groove having oppositely,slantingwalls adj acent.; its ends and supplied ',-with` abutments disposed opposite. to theV slanting walls; v.a swinging member; latches carried by .the swingingrmember and Acoperating with the walls, with the abutments, and

with the ends of the groove; imeans .for mountlng Vsaid member on 'the frame` pivotally, forswinging movement, andfor endwise movement lwhen either latch coperates with the' corresponding end of the groove;

means actuated by an operator for moving the swinging member when one latch engages with v'the corresponding 1 abutment.;

and spring means for moving the swinging member to cause either latch to engage with the corresponding abutment.- f

Intestimony that I 'claim'the foregoing as my own', I Vhave L hereto aiiiXed my signature in the presence* of two witnesses.

JAMES SHELLENBARGER'ALSPAUGH.

Witnesses: v JOHN' C. Mmmm, Y

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